Zack Baun

BIOGRAPHY

Zack Baun was born December 30, 1996, in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. He is an outside linebacker in the NFL. 

Baun redshirted his true freshman season after breaking his left foot going into the season. He appeared in 12 games as a redshirt freshman, making 15 tackles (3.5 for loss) with a forced fumble. Baun missed the entirety of his redshirt sophomore season after re-injuring his left foot during spring practices. Baun was named a starter at outside linebacker for the Badgers going into his redshirt junior season and finished the season as the team's third-leading tackler with 63 stops (7.5 for a loss) with 2.5 sacks, 3 pass breakups, one interception] and a fumble recovery.

Baun entered his redshirt senior season on the watchlist for the Butkus Award and was voted to be a team captain. He was named midseason All-American by the Associated Press and Sporting News after leading the Badgers in sacks (6), tackles for loss (10.5), and forced fumbles (2) through the first six games of the season. Baun finished the season with 76 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, and 12.5 sacks and was named first-team All-Big Ten and a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Baun was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round with the 74th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Baun made his debut on September 21, 2020, on Monday Night Football against the Las Vegas Raiders, playing on special teams.